| Carl Panzram | |
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| Background information | |
| Alias(es): | Jeff Davis Jefferson Davis Jefferson Rhodes Jeff Rhodes Jack Allen Jefferson Baldwin John King John O'Leary |
| Born: | June 28, 1891 Warren, Minnesota |
| Died: | September 5, 1930 |
| Cause of death: | Execution by Hanging |
| Penalty: | Death |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | 22 |
| Span of killings: | 1915 {As accessory}; 1920, through June 20, 1929 |
| Country: | USA, Africa |
| State(s): | Oregon {as an accessory},New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kansas. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Warren is a city in and the County seat of Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. A Serial killer is a person who Murders three or more people in three or more separate events over a period of time for primarily psychological reasons Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " |
| Date apprehended: | 1928. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arrests/prison terms:1899; 1903-1905; 1908-1910; 1911; 1913-1915; 1915-1918; 1923; 1923-1928; 1928-1930 |
Carl Panzram (June 28, 1891 – September 5, 1930) was an American serial killer. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based He often used aliases such as "Jeff Davis" in Idaho; "Jefferson Davis" in California and Montana; "Jeff Rhodes" in Montana; "Jack Allen" and "Jefferson Baldwin" in Oregon; "John King"; and "John O'Leary of Nevada" in New York. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
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Early life
He was born Charles Panzram in Warren, Minnesota, the son of Prussian immigrants, Johann "John" and Matilda Panzram. Warren is a city in and the County seat of Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term He was raised on his family's farm. By his teens he was an alcoholic and was repeatedly in trouble with the authorities, usually for burglary and theft. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given He ran away from home at the age of 14 and claimed to have been gang raped by a group of New York hobos. See also Rape Rape can be categorized in different ways for example by reference to the situation in which it occurs by the identity or characteristics
In adulthood, Panzram was a prolific thief, but he was frequently caught and imprisoned. In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given Utterly defiant, Panzram would get into trouble by attacking guards and refusing their orders. The guards would retaliate, subjecting him to beatings and punishments. He often escaped from prisons, once getting revenge on William H. Taft, whom Panzram believed was responsible for jailing him. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Revenge (also vengeance, retribution, or vendetta amongst others consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 – March 8 1930 was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice Panzram had served a jail sentence from 1908 to 1910 at Leavenworth Military Prison for larceny shortly after enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1907. Taft was Secretary of War and had approved the sentence. In August 1920, Panzram robbed Taft's New Haven home, stealing a large amount of jewelry and bonds, as well as Taft's . 45 caliber handgun, which Panzram then used in several murders.
In his autobiography, Panzram wrote that he was "rage personified", and he would often rape men whom he robbed, not because he was necessarily homosexual but because it was his method of dominating and humiliating people. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. He also engaged in vandalism and arson, at one point considering an ambitious plot to scuttle a British warship docked in New York harbor in order to provoke a war between Britain and the United States. Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the By his own admission one of the few times he did not engage in criminal activities was when he was "employed" as a tough strikebreaker against striking union employees. A strikebreaker (also called scab or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. Another time he tried to sign aboard as a ship's steward on a US Army Transport vessel but was thrown off ship when he turned up drunk. He served time in Jails and Prisons in California; Texas; Oregon; Idaho; Montana; Connecticut; Sing Sing and Clinton Correctional Facility New York; Washington D. Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security Prison in Ossining, New York, USA. Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security New York state Prison located in the Adirondack Village of Dannemora. C. . ; and Leavenworth, Kansas
Crimes
On June 15, 1915, Panzram burgled a house in Astoria, Oregon, and was arrested soon after when attempting to sell some of the stolen items. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The City of Astoria is the County seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. [1] He was sentenced to seven years to be served at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, where he arrived on June 24. Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP the first state prison in Oregon, United States, was originally located in Portland in 1851 Salem (ˈseɪləm is the Capital of the US state of Oregon, and the County seat of Marion County. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place There he became inmate number 7390 and was under the supervision of the warden Harry Minto. Harry Percy Minto was the superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary in the U [1] Minto believed in harsh treatment of inmates, which included beatings and isolation among other discipline measures. [1] Later, Panzram stated that he swore he “would never do that seven years and I defied the warden and all his officers to make me. ”[1]
Panzram was disciplined several times while incarcerated, including 61 days in solitary confinement, before escaping on September 18, 1917. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [1] Earlier, he had helped Otto Hooker escape from the prison, and Hooker killed Warden Minto while on the loose. [2][1] While on the lam, Panzram was involved in two shootouts before being returned to the prison. A fugitive is a person who is fleeing from Custody, whether it be from private Slavery, a government Arrest, government or non-government questioning [1] On May 12, 1918, he sawed through the prison bars and escaped again. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1] This time he avoided capture and caught a freight train heading to the east. [1] He never returned to the Northwest, and changed his name to John O’Leary while shaving off his mustache. [1]
Killing spree
In 1920, Panzram committed his first murders. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries He lured sailors in New York away from bars, got them drunk, shot them and dumped their remains into the river. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He claimed to have killed 10 in all. He was stopped only when the vessel he was in was shipwrecked near Atlantic City, New Jersey; his last two potential victims escaped to parts unknown. Panzram then went to Africa, where he raped and killed an 11-year-old boy. In his confession to this murder, he wrote: "His brains were coming out of his ears when I left him and he will never be any deader. "
Back in America, Panzram claimed to have shot a man dead for trying to rob him. He also raped and killed two small boys, beating one to death with a rock on July 18, 1922 in Salem, Massachusetts and strangling the other with a belt on August 9, 1923 in New London, Connecticut. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New London is a seaport city and a Port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States After his last arrest in 1928, he also claimed to have committed a murder while burgling homes between Baltimore and Washington DC and an August 1928 murder in Philadelphia. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Three of these last five killings are confirmed. With the death of the Oregon prison warden, Panzram was involved in at least one murder, as an accessory before the fact, prior to 1920.
Imprisonment and confession
In 1928, Panzram was arrested for burglary and held in Washington, D.C.. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D During his interrogation and jail time he voluntarily confessed to killing two boys. [3] At this time, he was befriended by a young, liberal-minded prison guard named Henry Lesser (1902-1983)[4][5] who had just been hired that year. Lesser gave Panzram some writing materials which the prisoner used to write his autobiography, detailing his crimes and his nihilistic philosophy:
- "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and last but not least I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing is a philosophical position that argues that Existence is without objective meaning Purpose In the United States, larceny is a Common law Crime involving Theft. Sodomy (ˈsɒdəmi is a term used today predominantly in Law (derived from traditional Christian usage to describe the act of Anal intercourse, Oral intercourse For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry. " —Carl Panzram
In light of his extensive criminal record, he was handed a 25-year sentence which was to be served at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The United States Penitentiary (USP Leavenworth is located in Leavenworth, Kansas on 1583 acres (6 "I'll kill the first man that bothers me," Panzram told the warden; on June 20, 1929 he killed Robert Warnke[6], foreman of the prison laundry in Leavenworth, battering him to death with an iron bar. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Panzram was sentenced to death. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. He refused to appeal, even threatening to kill human rights groups that attempted to appeal on his behalf. In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
Panzram was hanged on September 5, 1930. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When asked by the executioner if he had any last words, Panzram barked, "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill 10 men while you're fooling around!"
Aftermath
Lesser pressed for the manuscript to be published for 40 years, and it finally was in 1970 as Killer: A Journal of a Murder. Hoosier (ˈhuːʒɚ is the official Demonym for a resident of the U Killer A Journal Of Murder is a 1970 biographical novel by American authors Thomas E It has gone through a number of reprints, the latest being in 2002. The 1996 movie Killer: A Journal Of Murder was based on Panzram's final years, with James Woods as Panzram and Robert Sean Leonard as Lesser. Killer A Journal Of Murder is a 1996 American film It is based on the life of Serial killer Carl Panzram, and uses passages of his biography James Howard Woods (born April 18 1947) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe -winning American Robert Sean Leonard (born February 28, 1969 as Robert Lawrence Leonard is an American Actor.
Henry Lesser donated the Carl Panzram papers (archival material) to the University of San Diego in 1980 (OCLC: 31924012). The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic University in San Diego, California.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Serial Killer Calendar: Carl Panzram
- ^ Oregon Department of Corrections: The Last Day of Harry Minto's Life
- ^ Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 8, 1928, "Burglar at Taft's Admits Two Murders"
- ^ Social Security Death Index : Henry Lesser, born 8 Nov 1902, died Oct 1983, SSN issued from DC, last residence and benefit to Los Angeles, CA
- ^ California Death Index: Henry Philip Lesser born 8 Nov 1902 Massachusetts, died 27 Oct 1983 Los Angeles County
- ^ Officer Down
External links
- Panzram - A Documentary Film By John Borowski
- Carl Panzram's Mugshots
- Killer: A Journal Of Murder at the IMDB
- All about Carl Panzram by Mark Gado (page 1 of 23)
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Panzram, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Jeff; Davis, Jefferson; Rhodes, Jefferson; Rhodes, Jeff; Allen, Jack; Baldwin, Jefferson; King, John; O'Leary, John |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1891-06-28 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warren, Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1930-09-05 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary |
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